mobility and to protect railway communications . such measures required considerable expenditure , and caused much bitterness towards the british , however they soon yielded results . by mid @ - @ 1901 , the bulk of the fighting was over , and british mounted units would ride at night to attack boer farmhouse ##s or en ##camp ##ments , overwhelming them with superior numbers . indicative of warfare in last months of 1901 , the new south wales mounted rifles travelled 1 @ , @ 81 ##4 miles ( 2 @ , @ 91 ##9 km ) and were involved in 13 skirmish ##es , killing 27 boer ##s , wounding 15 , and capturing 196 for the loss of five dead and 19 wounded . other
mobility and to protect railway communications. such measures required considerable expenditure, and caused much bitterness towards the british, however they soon yielded results. by mid @ - @ 1901, the bulk of the fighting was over, and british mounted units would ride at night to attack boer farmhouses or encampments, overwhelming them with superior numbers. indicative of warfare in last months of 1901, the new south wales mounted rifles travelled 1 @, @ 814 miles ( 2 @, @ 919 km ) and were involved in 13 skirmishes, killing 27 boers, wounding 15, and capturing 196 for the loss of five dead and 19 wounded. other